Golf-bag.



C. R. STEVENSGN.

GOLF BAG.

APPLICATION FILED WIMLT i913.

Patentd Jan. 1918,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- GULF-EAG.

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tpecincation of Lettera Patent." P@,tqgmfndl Jaim, 22, f gm Application nled March 7, 1913. aerial Ito. 752,574;

I To all whom t may concern.'

Be it lknown that ll, CHARLES R.- STEVEN- soN, a ,citizen ofthe United States, residing at Mishawaka, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, havelnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Bags, of which the following vis a specification.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a new and'improved golf bag so constructed -as to be especially durable and serviceable. Anotherobject of my invention is to provide anew and improved construction forthe lower end of the golf bag by *side and outslde of the side wall. These which it is reinforced with a rawhide member so as to 'withstand wear by being dragged along the ground and otherwise. These and other ob]ects of my invention will be made apparent inthe following specification taken with the accompanying rawings. For the purpose of illustrating. and explaining my invention T have shown one specific embodiment thereof, together with considerable detail, in the accompanylng drawings. llt will be understood that the invention is deined in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings- Figure 1 is a general perspective view of my improved golf bag.

Fig.y 2 is an elevation of the lower end thereof, certain parts being broken away to show the construction more fully.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental section across the lower end of the golf bag; and

lFig. It is a longitudinal section of thev :by stitching 32.

upper and lower ends of the golf bag.

The side wall 10 of Hexible material, such.l

as heavy canvas, has a number of longituf dinal leather stays 11 sewed thereto, and at an early stage in the manufacture of the bag the leather strap 12 isl sewed on, to which is attached the handle 13: the pocket 145for golf balls is also attached to the side wall..

The stay rods 15 are next inserted under the longitudinal leather stays 11. -Each stay rod has its ends bent to form upper eyes 16 and lower eyes 17. After the parts have been assembled to the extent just stated the leather cuff 18 is sewed along `the lower edge of the side wall 10, the stitches being indicated as 19 in the drawings. Tn making the 'stitches the thread is jumped over the stay rods,-in other words, an extra long stitch is taken to carry the threads over each rod 15. Next the rivets 20 are applied, pass- 'the lower eye 17,

vreinforced by leather strips,

F1gs.'2 and 4. After the various parts have` rivets 35 and to the rable gplf bag.

ing through the cud 18, the leather .stay 11, y and clenching within the body wall 10. l

The meeting edges of the bodywall are as designated in been attached to the body wall 10, as stated 1n the foregoing Ipart of the specification, the edges 21 are brought together and secured by the lacing 22.

An iron ring 23 is placed around the upper end ofthe bag and a leather member 24 1s doubled 'down over the ring`23 on the inparts are secured in the relation just stated which go. through the upper eyes 16 in the stay rodsl. The shoulder strap 27 engages the ring 23 at one end and isfastened to the strap 12 at the other end. f 'The disk-shaped bottom member 29, consisting of a three-ply vveneered board with inside and outside leather facings is slipped within the lower kend of the body wall 10. A rawhide member 30, previously shaped on a wooden block so as to have the form shown in Fig. 1, is then applied. This rawhide member is generally circular in form and has one Bange directed, to surround the lower edge of the cud 18 and the other Hangs adapted to extend inwardly under the bottom member 29. This part of the rawhide member 30 is secured to the bottom member 29 by rivets 31, and the other edge of the rawhide member is secured to the cud A bottom clamp 33 of brass is applied over the meeting ends of the rawhidemember and is fastened to the cud' by means of bottom 29; by rivets 34k. This metal clamp` is ,diametricall op osite to the handle 13 and shoulder strap 2i) The rawhide member 30 receives the wear :to which the bag is .subjected when it is dragged along the ground. The clamp 33, being opposite the handle 13 and shoulder strap 2 wear com-ing on this side. The general combination among the various parts, the stay rods, the solid lbottom 29, the-leather cud 18, and the' rawhide reinforcing member 30, ali contribute to make a very strong and dull clamz- 1. Tn a golf bag, a dexible side-wall, a

receives the greatest amount of rigid bottom, leather stays along the side wall, metal stay rods within said leather stays, said metal stay rods having their ends formed to make eyes, a cuff around the lower end of the side wall, rivets through said cuff and through the adjacent eyes of the stay rods, and a rawhide reinforcing member having a portion thereof around the said curl' over the heads of said rivets and an-` other portion extending under said rigid bottom.

2. In a golf bag, a iexible side Wall, a rigid bottom, leather stays along the slde wall, metal stay rods within said leather stays, a cuff around the lower end of said side wall, and rivets through said cu and said stay rods.

3. In a golf bag, a flexible side wall, longitudinal leather stays attached thereto, metal stay rods within said leather stays having eyes at their ends, a metal ring -18 around the outside of said wall at the vedges of said rawhide member on the side of lleather member embracing said ring and having its4 edges lapping inside and outside of the side wall, andV rivets through said leather member and through the adjacent eyes of the metal stay rods.

4. A golf bag, comprising a side wall 10 a handle 13 secured thereto, the leather cu 30 bottom thereof, the rigid bottom 29, the rawhide reinforcing member 30 secured to said rigid bottom and to said cuff and side wall, and a metal clamp 33 over the meeting 35 said bag opposite said handle.

In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name. 

